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ileland Stanford 
*** Junior University. 



PALO ALTO, SANTA CLARA CO., CALIFORNIA. 



CIRCULAR OF INFORMATION 



No. 3. 



Menlo Park, CaL, 



1891 



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[Circular No. 3.] 



THE 



LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, 



Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, CaL 



'The beneficence of the Creator to man on earth, 

and the possibilities of humanity are one 

and the samp:." (iyeland stanford.) 



Statement of entrance requirements and of other matters 

preliminary to the organization of the work 

of instruction for the first year 

of the university 



Menlo Park, Cal., 
May 5, 1891. 



PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY. 



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INDIANAPOLIS ; 

BAKER-RANDOLrH DlTHO. AND EnO. CO. 
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PURPOSES OF THE UNIVERSITY. 

The charter of the Eeland Stanford Junior University 
provides for the establishment of u a University with such 
seminaries of learning as shall make it of the highest grade, 
including mechanical institutes, museums, galleries of art, 
laboratories, and conservatories, together with all things 
necessary for the study of agriculture in all its branches, 
and for mechanical training, and the studies and exercises 
directed to the cultivation and enlargement of the mind." 

It is believed that the income arising from the properties 
conveyed to the University by its founders, the Hon. Le- 
land Stanford and Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford, is sufficient to 
maintain the University on the noble scale contemplated in 
the charter. The fact is recognized that an institution of 
learning, however broad its plans and noble its purpose, 
must be a growth and not a creation, and that if its growth 
is to be healthy and continuous its beginnings must be 
modest. 

It will be the first aim of the University to secure and to 
retain the highest talent in its Faculty. Every effort will 
be made to fill its chairs with men who are successful as 
teachers, and who are also original investigators in the field 
of knowledge which they represent. The professors will 
be amply provided with the books, apparatus, and material 
needed in instruction or in investigation. The work in the 
applied sciences (mechanical engineering, civil engineering, 
etc.), will be carried on side by side with that in the pure 
sciences and the humanities, and, so far as may be, all lines 
of work included in the plan of the University will be 
equally fostered. Men and women will be admitted on 
equal terms to all the departments of the University. 



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DEPARTMENTS OF INSTRUCTION. 

For the first year, 1891-92, chairs will be established, 
and instruction, undergraduate and graduate, will be given 
in the following lines of work, the character and gradation 
of the instruction to be adapted to the needs of the students 
in attendance: 



I. 


Mechanical Engineering. 


2. 


Civil Engineering. 


3- 


Mathematics. 


4- 


Physics. 


5- 


Chemistry. 


6. 


Geology. 


7. 


Botany. 


8. 


Zoology. 


9- 


Physiology. 


10. 


Philosophy. 


11. 


Ethics. 


12. 


History. 


13. 


Political Science. 


14. 


English Language and Literature 


15- 


German. 


16. 


French. 


17. 


Latin. 


18. 


Greek. 



A list of the members of the Faculty of the University, 
with a schedule of the courses of instruction arranged for 
the first year, will be given in a subsequent circular. 



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THE SCHOOL YEAR OF THE UNIVERSITY. 

The first school year of the University will begin 
October i, 1891, and will close on June 15, 1892. It will 
be divided into two semesters, or half-years, the first ending 
early in February, the second on Commencement Day. 
There will be the usual Christmas and Easter vacations. \ 

( ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS. 

The work of the University will begin with the Fresh- 
man Class. For admission to this class the candidate must 
be at least sixteen years of age, and must pass a satisfac- 
tory examination in the subjects mentioned below. Each 
candidate must present a certificate of moral character, and 
students from other colleges or universities must bring cer- 
tificates of honorable dismissal. The same entrance exam- 
ination will admit the student to all courses in the University 
alike. 

In general a large liberty of substitution will be allowed 
to the student. The chief desire of the University, in the 
matter of preparatory studies, is to have its students so 
trained that they can take up the work offered in the 
different departments with intelligence and success. The 
following subjects are included in the entrance require- 
ments : 1 






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GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. 



1. English Language. — An examination on the ele- 
ments of Rhetoric, together with a short composition to be 
written upon some subject indicated at the time of exami- 
nation, and to be drawn from American Literature or 
History; this composition to be neatly and legibly written, 
to be clear and concise in expression, and correct in gram- 



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mar, spelling, and punctuation. No student markedly defi- 
cient in English will be admitted to any of the depart- 
ments of the University. 

2. Arithmetic, including the Metric System and exclu- 
sive of the technical parts of Commercial Arithmetic. 

3. Algebra, including quadratic equations, factoring, the 
theory of exponents, ratio and proportion ; or the equiva- 
lent of McLellan's Elements of Algebra. 

4. Plane Geometry. — The work should be an equivalent 
of Byerly's edition of Chauvenet's Plane Geometry, with 
the exercises. 

5. Geography. — The general facts of Physical and Polit- 
ical Geography. 

6. History of the United States, with the elements of 
Civil Government. i 

7. Latin Grammar ; Cczsar, Gallic War, books I-IV; « 
Cicero, the four orations against Catiline ; Elements of 
Latin Prose Composition. A fair equivalent in other L,atin 
(or in the courses in applied science, an equivalent in 
German or French) may be accepted. 

8. Physics. — The elements of the subject, as obtained 
from the study of some such work as Gage's Physics, or 
Peck's Ganot, in connection with experimental work. 



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SCIENTIFIC REQUIREMENTS. 



Besides these subjects, which will be required of all 
students entering the Freshman Class, an examination 
must be passed in some one of the following scientific 
studies, to be chosen by the candidate himself: 

9. Mathematics. — Algebra, from Quadratic Equations, 



the equivalent of the completion of Smith's Treatise on 
Algebra; Solid Geometry, the equivalent of the completion 
of Byerly's Chauvenet; Plane Trigonometry, Locke's Trig- 
onometry, or an equivalent. 

10. Freehand Drawing. — The ability to make a free- 
hand sketch in outline of simple objects. 

ii. Chemistry. — An elementary but genuine and prac- 
tical knowledge of Chemistry, including the methods of 
Qualitative Analysis. 

12. Physiology. — The elements of human physiology 
and hygiene, the equivalent of Martin's Human Body, or of 
Jenkins' Physiology. 

13. Zoology. — A knowledge of the structure of some 
common animals, obtainable from laboratory work in con- 
nection with Colton's Practical Zoology, or some similar 
book. 

14. Botany — A knowledge of plants and plant structure 
and development obtainable from experimental work in 
connection with Bessey's or Campbell's Botany, or some 
similar work. 

REQUIREMENTS IN LANGUAGE OR LITERATURE. 

With these the candidate must also be prepared in any 
two of the following, each of which should be understood 
to involve a year's serious work: 

15. Latin. — Cicero, the orations Pro Archia Poeta and 
Pro Iyege Manilia; Virgil's iEneid, books I-VI, with a gen- 
eral knowledge of Latin which the ability to read these 
books implies, and a corresponding knowledge of Roman 
History. 



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1 6. Greek. — Greek Grammar, with Book I of Xeno- 
phon's Anabasis. 

17. Greek. — Books II-IV of Xenophon's Anabasis, or 
an equivalent in other Greek; Homer, Books I— II; Greek 
prose composition; Greek History. 

18. French. — The ability to read ordinary prose at sight. 

19. German. — The ability to read easy prose or dra- 
matic writing. 

20. English Literature. — A sound acquaintance with 
the works of some one author, and a general knowledge 
of other writers of the same period, the character of the 
student's previous work to be indicated by himself, and the 
examination to be based on those works which have been 
critically studied. 

21. History. — A good knowledge of General History, 
with a more special acquaintance with the history of one or 
more of the leading nations of Europe. A fair amount of 
exact information is expected, but it is still more important 
that the student be able to understand and interpret what 
he reads. 

DIVISION OF EXAMINATIONS. 

Those candidates who choose to do so may present them- 
selves for examination in the subjects numbered 1-8 of the 
above list before the opening of the year, and may pass 
the examinations in the three remaining subjects at a time 
to be arranged, not later than the beginning of the second 
year. 

PLACES OF EXAMINATION. 

Entrance examinations will be held at Palo Alto on the 
three days (September 28, 29, and 30) preceding the open- 
ing of the year. 



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Special entrance examinations will also be held on the 
subjects numbered 1-8, in the above list, in the following 
places : 

In Palo Alto (Madrono Hall), July i and 2. Conducted 
by Dr. Orrin L. Elliott. 

In Seattle, Washington (Rainier Hotel), August 3 and 
4. (Prof. Joseph Swain.) 

/ In Portland, Oregon (Esmond Hotel), August 6 and 7. 
l (Prof. Swain.) \ 

In Red Bluff, Cal. (Tremont Hotel), August 10 and 11. 
(Prof. Swain.) 

In Los Angeles (Hollenbeck Hotel), July 7 and 8. (Dr. 
O. L. Elliott.) 

In Fresno (Hughes Hotel), July 10 and 11. (Dr. Elliott.) 

In Chicago (Tremont Hotel), June 13. (Prof. Fernando 
Sanford.) 

In St. Louis (Lindell Hotel), June 6. (Prof. H. B. Gale.) 



SPECIAL STUDENTS. 

Students of mature age, who are not candidates for a de- 
gree, and who wish to pursue some one study and its related 
branches, may be permitted to do so without having passed 
the usual entrance examinations (excepting that in the 
English language), on recommendation of the professor 
under whom the specialty is to be taken. Special effort 
will be made in all departments of the University to meet 
the needs of teachers. 



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V ADMISSION ON CERTIFICATE. 

For the present, the certificates of the Principals of the 
schools in California, which have been accredited by the au- 
thorities of the University of California will be received 
instead of examinations in the subjects required for en- 
trance to the Freshman Class. In general, also, for the 
present, the certificates from high schools or academies ac- 
credited or commissioned by the universities of other 
States, will be received instead of examinations in the pre- 
paratory subjects which they cover. N 

ADVANCED STANDING. 

Students entering the University from other institutions 
of recognized collegiate rank will receive the standing to 
which their examinations or certificates may entitle them. 

COURSES OF STUDY. 

For the first year, the work in every department will be 
adapted to the needs of the students actually in attendance. 
As the work of instruction progresses, courses of study in 
each department will be planned. There will be no gen- 
eral curriculum of any sort. The unit of organization 
in the University will be the professorship. Each pro- 
fessor will arrange the studies in his own department 
in such order as may seem to him best. The courses thus 
arranged will constitute the major subjects of students in 
the department in question, and any part of these courses 
may be taken as minor subjects or as electives by students 
in other departments. 



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GRADUATION 



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The Baccalaureate Degree will be granted to students 
o have successfully completed the equivalent of fifteen 
lectures or recitations weekly for four years. ) In the 
general courses (those in which the major subject is in 
language, literature, philosophy, pure science, etc.) the 
degree of Bachelor of Arts (A. B.) will be granted. In the 
courses in applied science (engineering, etc.) the degree 
granted will be Bachelor of Science (B. S.). 

It is further provided (i), that these four years of work, 
as above indicated, shall include as a major subject the 
entire course given by some one of the professors in 
the University; and (2), as minor subjects, such work in 
other departments as the professor in charge of the major 
subject may require as collateral work. » In the general 
courses these major and minor subjects, taken together, 
will not exceed the equivalent of five recitations weekly 
for the four years of undergraduate work. In the courses 
in applied science, the work thus required as major and 
minor subjects may be the equivalent of ten hours per 
week for the four years. This is exclusive of the time 
spent in the laboratory or in shop-work. 

It is further provided (3), that each candidate for any 
degree must take, either as preparatory or as undergraduate 
work, subjects 9 and 20 (Mathematics and English Liter- 
ature), and also either 18 or 19 (French or German), as 
enumerated in the entrance requirements above, with such 
work in Rhetoric and Composition as may be required. 

With these exceptions, all the undergraduate work in all 
courses will be elective. The student may freely choose 
for such elective work any subject taught in the Universit}^ 
for which his previous studies prepare him. 



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ADVANCED DEGREES. 



To students having already the Bachelor's Degree from 
an institution of collegiate rank, the degree of Master of 
Arts (A. M.) will be granted on the completion of an addi- 
tional year of satisfactory work in residence at the Univer- 
sity, accompanied by an approved thesis embodying the 
results of independent investigation and research. 

In the departments of applied science the degrees of 
Mechanical Engineer (M. E.) and Civil Engineer (C. E.) 
will be granted at the completion in residence of a year of 
satisfactory graduate work in the departments indicated b} r 
the degree, and on presentation of an approved thesis or 
report upon some original or important investigation. 

The degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.) will be 
granted after the successful completion of an approved 
course of study of not less than three years after the recep- 
tion of the Baccalaureate Degree, on the presentation of an 
acceptable printed thesis which shall embody the results of 
original research. 

No degree will be granted to any person who has not 
spent at least one year as a student in residence at Palo 
Alto. No honorary degrees will be given. 



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GOVERNMENT OF THE STUDENTS, 



In the government of the University, the largest liberty 
consistent with good work or good order will be given to 
the students. The University is not a reform school; its 
bounty is intended for the earnest and industrious student, 
and the indolent or unworthy will not be retained in the 
institution. 

Religious instruction will be provided in the University 
in accordance with the provision of the charter which "pro- 



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hibits sectarian instruction, but requires the teaching of 
the immortality of the soul, the existence of an all-wise 
and benevolent Creator, and that obedience to His laws is 
the highest duty of man, 



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SEAT OF THE UNIVERSITY. 

The Leland Stanford Junior University is located on the 
estate known as Palo Alto, a tract of over 8,000 acres, the 
gift of Mr. Stanford, and the inalienable property of the 
institution. Palo Alto lies in Santa Clara county, about 
thirty miles south of San Francisco, on the Coast Division 
of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The railway station of 
Palo Alto is on the estate. The University lies midway 
between the villages of Menlo Park and Mayfield, at about 
a mile and a half distance from either. The post-office 
address of the University is, at present, Menlo Park. On 
the grounds is the residence of the founders of the Uni- 
versity, and a magnificent arboretum, containing a very 
great variety of shrubs and trees. 

The location of the University, on an elevation above 
San Francisco Bay, and at the base of the foot-hills of the 
Santa Cruz range, is surpassingly beautiful. The climate 
is extremely equable. Frosts are rare in winter, and the 
orange and palm grow in the open air. On the other hand, 
the heat of summer, tempered by the sea breezes, is never 
intense. 

Before the opening of the University, the twelve build- 
ings constituting the inner quadrangle will be completed. 
These are built of the buff-colored Almaden sandstone. 
They are in the Moorish style of architecture, of one story, 
and connected by a continuous covered passage or colon- 
nade. Two buildings for shop-work in mechanical engi- 
neering are also completed, as is the stately building known 



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as the " Iceland Stanford Junior Museum," which is to con- 
tain collections in art and collections of antiquities. 

Madrono Hall, the dormitory for young men, already fin- 
ished, is built of stone, four stories high, and with rooms 
for about 390 persons. The building is provided with ele- 
vators, and in each room are electric lights, hot and cold 
water, steam-heat, and suitable furniture, and with 
bath-rooms on each floor. No pains or cost has been 
spared to render it perfectly adapted for its purpose. 

Manzanita Hall, a similar building for the use of young 
women, can not be completed before the spring of 1892. 

The Gymnasium will probably be finished early in the 
year. 

EXPENSES OF THE STUDENT. 

Tuition in all departments of the University will be free. 

Board will be offered at cost in the dormitories. The 
price fixed at present for board in Madroiio Hall is $3.00 
per week. Rooms, with light, heat, and attendance, are 
offered at the rate of $1.50 per week for each person if, two 
occupy one room, $3.00 per week if occupied by one per- 
son, but single occupancy will not be permitted if the 
rooms are needed by other students. Washing will be 
charged at cost. 

The expenses of the student in Madrono Hall need not 
exceed $200 for the year, exclusive of clothing and railway 
fares. 

Board and rooms may also be obtained in Menlo Park 
and in Mayfield. 

The accommodations for young women will, at the first, 
be limited ; but an effort will be made to provide suitable 
rooms for those who may enter the University. \ 



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FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS. 

A number of Graduate Fellowships for investigators or 
inventors and Undergraduate Scholarships for deserving 
students will be offered after the first year. The terms of 
these will be made known later. 



For further information, address 

David S. Jordan, President, 

Menlo Park, California 
Address, until June 10, 1891, Bloomington, Ind. 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

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